LOT 3056
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, [shrimp and large blobs above], crab below. Cf. ABC 746; cf. Van Arsdell 1205; cf. SCBC 22. Very Fine. Extremely rare to find cut.(1.93gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3056
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right, with grain ear mane; [pelletal sun above], reversed S before; below, pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ATD. Van Arsdell 715-1; ABC 1645; BMC 3960-4009. 0.79gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Huntingdonshire, UK. PAS record no.BH-265C64. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AE 'Tetradrachm'. 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 'Banat' type (?).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Celticized head of laureate Zeus to right / Horseman to right; •Λ below. Göbl OTA -; Lanz -; cf. Nomos AG, Obolos 5, 38. 3.30gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. 2nd century BC. Mint in the northern Carpathian region. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. Schnabelpferd type.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right / Stylized horse advancing to left. Cf. OTA 326/1; cf. Lanz 666-9; cf. CCCBM I 78-9; cf. KMW 1246-57. 9.59gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
